Alvena
Alvena is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Fish Creek No. 402 and Census Division No. 15. It is approximately northeast of Saskatoon.
History
Many early settlers to Alvena were of Ukrainian descent. Many were peasant farmers in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Others were from Poland and they erected Roman Catholic Churches in the area. Earlier settlers along the South Saskatchewan River were Métis. Many of these families were involved in the April 24, 1885 Battle of Fish Creek which occurred in Tourond's Coulee, a few miles west of what later became Alvena. Alvena incorporated as a village on July 1, 1936.Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Alvena had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Alvena recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
Notable people
- Edward Bayda – former Chief Justice of Saskatchewan
- Ed Tchorzewski - former Saskatchewan Minister of Finance, and President of the New Democratic Party